# oligarchia
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin oligarchia (“oligarchy”), from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía, “rule of the few”), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, leader”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈoliɡɒrɦijɒ]
* Hyphenation: oli‧gar‧chia
* Rhymes: -jɒ

### Noun

oligarchia (plural oligarchiák)
* (politics) oligarchy

#### Related terms

* oligarcha
* oligarchikus

### Further reading

* oligarchia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

oligarchia (plural oligarchias)
* (politics) oligarchy

#### Related terms

* oligarcha
* oligarchic

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) +‎ -archia (“rule”, “government”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o.li.ɡarˈki.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧chì‧a

### Noun

oligarchia f (plural oligarchie)
* (politics) oligarchy

#### Related terms

* oligarca
* oligarchicamente
* oligarchico

### Further reading

* oligarchia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* oligarchia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* oligarchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /o.liˈɡar.kʰi.a/, [ɔlʲɪˈɡärkʰiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /o.liˈɡar.ki.a/, [oliˈɡärkiä]

### Noun

oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae); first declension
* (Late Latin, politics) oligarchy
** 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* oligarcha
* oligarchicus

## Polish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.liˈɡar.xja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arxja
* Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧chia

### Noun

oligarchia f
* (politics) oligarchy

#### Declension
### Further reading

* oligarchia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* oligarchia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔliɡarxi̯a]

### Noun

oligarchia f (relational adjective oligarchický)
* (politics) oligarchy

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “oligarchia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025